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A new genus Zherikhiniellus gen. nov. (type species Zh. rarus sp. nov.) and two new species, Toxorhynchus michalskii sp. nov. (Apioninae, Apionini) and Zherikhiniellus rarus sp. nov. (Nanophyinae, Nanophyini), are described from Late Eocene Baltic amber. This is the second record of the subfamily Nanophyinae in Baltic amber, and the first record of the genus Toxorhynchus in the Eocene of Europe.
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The author is grateful to B.A. Korotyaev (St. Petersburg) who kindly provided material for comparison from the collections of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg.
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Legalov, A.A. New Weevils of the Family Brentidae (Coleoptera) in Baltic Amber. Paleontol. J. 55, 96–100 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S003103012101007X
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